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Here you can read some articles on Italian and international privacy, cybersecurity and data protection issues drafted by either Giulio Coraggio or the other authors of GamingTechLaw.

Apr 2010

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Piracy Cannot Be Fought With Self Protection Measures

Fapav , the Italian Federation Against Audiovideo Piracy, performed through a specialized agency, CoPeerRight Agency, an investigation through which it discovered hundreds of thousands of Telecom Italia (the Italian telephone…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Apr 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Online Shops Cannot Charge Delivery Cost if Customer Withdraws

The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision in the case between Handelsgesellschaft Heinrich Heine GmbH v Verbraucherzentrale. Heinrich Heine, a mail-order company, provides in its general conditions of…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Mar 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Prize Promotions – Higher Sanctions!

We have already discussed about the regulatory issues relating to online prize promotions in Italy which sometimes are underestimated or simply ignored by promoters.

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Mar 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Forum Comments Are Not Press Materials

The Italian Criminal Court of Cassation issued a very interesting decision on defamatory comments published in an online forum. To give you a bit of background information, Italian…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Mar 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

DPA vs Telecoms on Data Storage

The Italian Data Protection Authority has ordered to 3 telecom providers to delete telecom and Internet traffic data that they were storing for a period longer than that prescribed by…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Feb 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Pan-European Contract Law: Is It A Chimera?

OUT-LAW.COM reports that the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding is planning to introduce a European Contract Law to govern cross-border distance…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Feb 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

VLT: Everything Is Ready For The Launch!

The decree setting out the technical and functional requirements of the videolottery machines has been finally published on the Official Gazette. As anticipated in the previous posts , videolotteries…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Feb 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Privacy: New Standard Contractual Clauses for Transfer of Personal Data Outside the EU

The European Commission has adopted a new set of standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data from data controllers in the European Union to data processors located outside the…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jan 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Private Copying Levy: Italian Government extends it to Mobile Phones

The introduction of a private copying levy scheme has been subject of relevant discussions during the last years between right holders and device manufacturers. Indeed, as far as Italy is concerned,…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments

Jan 2010

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Internet Italy: Will Italy Prohibit YouTube?

The Italian Government is in the process of implementing the so called Audiovisual Media Services EU Directive (“AVMSD”) which was merely meant to amend the Television Without…

ByGiulio Coraggio 0Comments